Treasure hunter who refused to disclose location of shipwreck's 500 gold coins is released from prison after a decade
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tommy-thompson-treasure-hunter-ship-of-gold-missing-coins-released-prison/
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shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works · 119 pts · 163d
DigitalDidgeridoo@kbin.earth · 2 pts · 160d
to protect and serve (the ruling class)
Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz · 42 pts · 163d
Alternative to CBS.
desmosthenes@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 162d
doing the lords work
how_we_burned@lemmy.zip · 28 pts · 162d
In three weeks time the dude will like fake his death and he'll be like:
partial_accumen@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 162d
He's likely be followed 24/7/365 by multiple private investigators for years. The $50m his investors believe they are owed can likely fund few folks full time to see if he ever magically "comes into some money".
Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 163d
Windigoon just did a video on this guy, it's a wild story
Pacrat173@lemmy.ml · 12 pts · 163d
For those who want to watch
Brujones@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 163d
The book is a good read, too. 'Ship of Gold'.